From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Eager garbage collection Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:37:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87ft5akkjv.fsf@catern.com> <835z65tg48.fsf@gnu.org> <83blfupm2p.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34607"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: sbaugh@catern.com, yyoncho , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 18 22:38:33 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kfV9t-0008tt-JA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:38:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35378 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfV9r-0007ID-5a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:38:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42920) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfV9L-0006qA-Ny for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:37:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:56824) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfV9J-0002dr-NV; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:37:59 -0500 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3746080A5C; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:37:55 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id C83D8806F7; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:37:53 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1605735473; bh=R3h/9WQGB6+tBJrtae9OODHpXaKUenYjNAP55w0LPoI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=lQG9O/SZzY2+5p1DAKAnjtSFc1CW8Fpm3W+53g7NDg5c3JkgxjP2WR5mk1iBi02rW 8DASm679cIpf5Icm3JL20D83PgAALGE4gXxZFL43KmsQU0AnJeruHQ5ZWXorS5Y69S mDcoI/Bl8Vt4W0gp8+ymCQ2GBK+2O7LX5XRL5KTN+WUKEzS3Jc7s+B9OfHRL8SWna1 USwRByd0CCugN4vzMEj6BQh2TIHi0K+kLxs0wmWcb5AnCsUVZc9bvuZsEgcIPOnJJ4 IaA00gmY65N7ZEYRCvb+X6ziM32ao906xwPeL63KkjggVvErEONhpSToYzcw/wm17V CI6GWyD2CnK3Q== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [157.52.9.240]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8329912027B; Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:37:53 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83blfupm2p.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:16:30 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/18 16:31:53 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:259389 Archived-At: >> IMHO it will be interesting to test how emacs will behave if the GC >> process is changed to allow running a mode in which it will stop in >> the event of user input. > Can this be done without redesigning the current GC implementation? It can probably be done with a complete redesign, but I don't think it'd be a trivial change. Stefan